Chapter 45: The One-Headed Banquet
When Li Chuanshui put forward the idea of using only one dish for a banquet, it naturally aroused great criticism and confusion from everyone, and the first person to raise objections was naturally Qin Jiaoyun, who had a strong relationship with Li Chuanshui and had the closest relationship.
The woman rolled her eyes, and then asked Li Chuanshui, "It's not the right idea to use only one dish to receive everyone?"
"How?" Li Chuanshui turned his face to everyone and asked, "Are you afraid that my food will not work?"
"It's not!" Qin Jiaoyun shook her head and explained to Li Chuanshui: "The big banquet is not better than usual, the scene is very ugly if there are fewer dishes, and it is difficult to reconcile, if there is only one dish, it is difficult for us to let the guests choose between a variety of tastes, and the most important thing is ...... If that dish is messed up, we won't even have a burden to deal with! ”
Qin Jiaoyun's last sentence won the collective approval of the cooks.
For a while, everyone said that Qin Jiaoyun was very thoughtful, because this kind of large-scale banquet was different from the usual elegant banquet hospitality, and there were many special and unexpected situations in the middle, so if something went wrong, it would be difficult to recover.
In order to avoid the situation of being careless and losing all the dishes, making a few more dishes is also the best choice to increase the insurance coefficient.
While everyone was talking, they couldn't help but point the finger at Li Chuanshui, hoping that he would make some kind of compromise.
But unfortunately, even under such a siege, Li Chuanshui did not want to compromise.
Facing Qin Jiaoyun, Li Chuanshui replied: "I have also considered what you said, but it is only a smooth plan, although it can help you get a certain benefit, but it will definitely not produce amazing results." ”
"But ......"
"No, but!" While Li Chuanshui was talking, he suddenly stretched out his hand, gently put it on Qin Jiaoyun's shoulder, and then smoothed her sideburns with a strong fragrance a few times.
In a firm tone, Li Chuanshui said to Qin Jiaoyun: "If you want to do your best, you naturally have to take a certain amount of risk, and if you don't take risks, it is impossible to do things successfully." Besides, I have faith in myself. Trust me! All right?! ”
When Li Chuanshui spoke, Qin Jiaoyun didn't even have an atmosphere, although she knew that looking up and obeying a "young man" like that in front of these four cooks, it seemed very disgraceful and even embarrassing.
But Qin Jiaoyun didn't have any disgust or reprimand, and even when she looked at Li Chuanshui's firm and stubborn eyes, she felt warm, as if she ...... Enjoyed the feeling very much.
Qin Jiaoyun suddenly felt that it would be good if she had a man who took care of, spoiled, loved, relied on, and managed everything instead of herself.
And Li Chuanshui is such a man, right?!
…… As soon as he thought of the messy thoughts in his mind, Qin Jiaoyun's whole face immediately became as hot as a fire.
Finally, Qin Jiaoyun couldn't hold on any longer.
The woman blushed, hurriedly took Li Chuanshui's hand away gently, and then avoided Li Chuanshui's excited and fiery eyes, nodded quietly and said, "...... Listen to your ...... It's not impossible, you can first tell the specific methods and processes, and then everyone will discuss and discuss. ”
In fact, when Qin Jiaoyun avoided his gaze, Li Chuanshui had already discovered that his behavior was inappropriate, so when Qin Jiaoyun pushed his arm away, he immediately took it obediently.
Li Chuan rested his state of mind for a moment, and then slowly explained to all the people present: "Since the Zhou Dynasty, China has had its own unique food culture, and since the Song Dynasty, it has gradually formed a catering culture and a banquet culture. Eat culture, you know?! ”
Listening to Li Chuanshui's fierce talk about the word "culture", everyone looked at each other.
Don't look at everyone's daily life with delicious food and dishes, but there are no people in this restaurant who really understand the doorway and catering culture.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Chuanshui told everyone bitterly: "Catering culture is the thing that can best reflect the characteristics of a restaurant, if it is not connected with culture, then no matter how delicious your food is, others will only say that you are good at technology, it is impossible to improve the grade of the hotel, and the more dishes you make, the more it will make the guests lose their appetite and patience." ”
Listening to Li Chuanshui's strange talk, several cooks present were speechless again.
"Why is it that the more delicious food you have, the more you lose your guests' appetite?!" Qin Jiaoyun asked puzzled.
When asked, Li Chuanshui pointed to his head and asked everyone: "You guys think about it carefully, have you all participated in many banquets in your life?" Like a brother's wedding, opening reward, housewarming and the like, after so many years, who has remembered that the dish during those banquets was so delicious that it will never be forgotten? Then who remembers eating in the middle of that kind of feast with an unusually pleasant and aftertaste? ”
Listening to Li Chuanshui's series of questions, everyone suddenly became dumbfounded, because of the situation Li Chuanshui said...... It almost never happens.
Although everyone has attended countless feasts in their lives, there is almost no possibility that they will remember it for life because of the delicious food.
What's even more strange is that no matter how many dishes are eaten to the end, no matter how delicious those dishes are, they always give people a greasy and boring feeling, and even in the face of the best dishes and ingredients, the guests are absolutely not interested in moving chopsticks on those things, as if everyone's appetite has disappeared.
In this case, Li Chuanshui explained to everyone that this is called the "neuroregressive effect", which is a very common physiological phenomenon.
Generally speaking, a person's sense of taste and various nerves will become dull under the condition of too much temptation and external stimuli, and the numbness and discomfort will gradually increase with the accumulation of stimuli.
This reaction is usually subtle but not negligible, and in the end, even the most delicious thing will taste like chewing wax. And the reason why people always feel bored when eating a banquet is because there are too many stimuli.
After talking about the principle, Li Chuanshui said in a summary manner: "The current eating habits of the Chinese people are very bad, they only pay attention to pomp and excitement, everyone eats and drinks and splashes a meal, and they forget everything when they wake up the next day, so I said that the more dishes you prepare, the more bad it is, and in the end, there is only failure." ”
"Oh! I see! The cook and Qin Jiaoyun nodded together, and at the same time, Qin Jiaoyun couldn't help but ask curiously: "If we talk about food culture, can we avoid this?!" ”
"Of course you can!" Li Chuanshui nodded again and again and said, "What we thought of, the ancients had already thought of!" And it solved this problem for us satisfactorily! ”